It was early afternoon the next day and John was wandering around the hotel lobby, he was lucky, he never got hangovers and people hated him for it. Everyone he was out with the night before was ill in bed with hangovers, even punk was still in bed and he didn't drink.

"Well hello" he smiled at his friend Ben "Dude you ok?" John asked the man who seemed pale and looked like he hadn't slept for a week, John touched the man's arm and he slowly raised his head to John. "Where did you disappear to last night?" John closed his eyes "oh god Ben please don't tell me you cheated on mickie"

"I didn't cheat on mickie" he spoke softly

John pulled the man into the empty TV room "Ben, it's me, you can tell me anything"

Mickie walked into the room as Ben took a deep breathe as his eyes watered forming the tears in his eyes. "What's going on?"

"I don't know he won't tell me"

"What have you done" mickie asked softly "Did you cheat? You never came back last night Ben"

"i didn't cheat" Ben snapped crying "im dieing" he sat down putting his head in his hands, mickie looked at John as she sat next to Ben rubbing his back.

John crouched in front of the man "Ben what are you talking about this isn't funny"

Ben raised his head slightly snivelling "last week, I found a lump, they ran some tests, they rang me last night asking if I could go in, so I slipped away from you lot and flew back to Virginia, I was hoping it wouldn't be that serious and I wouldn't have to tell you"

"what?" mickie asked "You wouldn't of told us something this serious"

"i didn't want to upset you" he looked at her "i hate it when your sad"

"Ben" mickie spoke softly

"carry on" John said with a nod to the man

"They told me, it was worse than they first thought, a lot worse actually, I've got testicular cancer"

"Ben, having cancer doesn't mean your going to die, people survive this" mickie spoke

"yeah will all of today's medicine they have" John agreed

Ben shook his head "it spread" he began crying again as he told the two people he cared about the most "i found the lump to late it's spread to most of my organs, they can't treat me, it's progressed to much" he cried again "they said I may only have 6 weeks"

John backed away from Ben until he found a chair he could sit on, mickie sat stunned, her and Ben were meant to be forever. He promised her forever.

"6 weeks?" mickie squeaked out through her tears

Ben looked at mickie taking her hand "If you don't want to stand by me through this I'll understand if it's to hard for you"

Mickie shook her head "No" she looked him in the eyes "Why would I just leave you? I love you I could never do that" the couple shared a kiss before putting there foreheads together

"I'll be there to dude" John nodded as he looked at him "but for the record, im not bathing you" he smiled

"Bit weird of you to of wanted to" Ben chuckled

"And, if you can't tell anyone, if you want them to know, if you want me to, I will" John spoke softly

"me to" mickie said

"I'd appreciate that" Ben nodded

The next chapter starts where he deteriorates, it's not all sad though, I promise.